Hagen, Oskar Ferdinand Arthur von dem.

Hagen, Oskar Ferdinand Arthur von dem, born 13-04-1883 in Annaburg, Sachsen, together with his twin brother Oskar Otto Ludwig. His parents were René von dem Hagen (1836-1908) and his wife Lucie, born von Engelhardt (1842-1925). Both sons pursued military careers, Oswald as a Major served, among other things, in the 5th Thuringian Infantry Regiment Grand Duke of Saxony No. 94 and attended the War Academy until 1914. On 01-01-1914, he received the Knight’s Cross, Second Class of the Saxon Order of Albrecht. During the First World War he received the Knight’s Cross 2nd Class with Swords of the Saxony-Weimar House Order of Vigilance or the Wise Falcon in 1915, the Saxony-Weimar Wilhelm Ernst War Cross in 1916, and after 1916 the Bavarian Military Order of Merit 4th Class, and to at an unknown point in time the EK II, the EK I and the Hessian General Decoration of Honor for War Merit. He was discharged as a major, but served in the Reichswehr for a short time, but from 1922 he worked as a professional astrologer. Among other things  He was also a member of the Stahlhelm.

On 22-03-1902, Askar joined the 8th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 153 of the Prussian Army in Altenburg as an ensign without a patent. By mid-November 1903 he was promoted to lieutenant, served as adjutant of the 2nd Battalion and was promoted to first lieutenant in mid-June 1911. On 01-07-1913, he was assigned to the command of the No. 1 Aviation Battalion in Döberitz.During the mobilization on the occasion of the First World War, Hagen became a picture officer in Feldflieger-abteilung 12 and in this capacity was promoted to Hauptman at the beginning of November 1914. As the war continued, from the end of January to the beginning of October 1915 he was leader of the Field Aviation Department 7, then of the Field Aviation Department 57 and from January 1917 group leader of the Aviation 3. This was followed by a position as commander of the aviation observers on 08-12-1917 school in Schwerin. From 18-05-1918, beyond the Armistice of Compiègne, Hagen acted as group leader of Flieger 1. For his work during the war, he was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross, the Knight’s Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords, and the Knight’s Cross 1st Class of Albrecht -Order with Swords, the Austrian Military Merit Cross III. Class with war decorations and the Bulgarian Military Order for Bravery IV Class. Hagen was taken over into the Reichswehr on 01-10-1919 and used in the Army Training Department (T 4) in the Reichswehr Ministry. On 01-10-1924, he was transferred to the general staff of Group Command 1 in Berlin and in this position he was promoted to major on 01-04-1925. When Hagen was transferred back to the Reichswehr Ministry on 01-02-1927, he was transferred to the Army Statistical Department (T 3) of the Troop Office under Oberst Curt Liebmann. Oberst Liebmann, born 29-01-1881 in Coburg and died age 79 on 02-07-1960 in Holzminden.

Promoted to Oberstleutnant, Oskar returned and was appointed commander of the III. Battalion in the 10th (Saxon) Infantry Regiment returned to military service. On 01-10-1931, Hagen was appointed commander of the Neuhammer military training area and promoted to Oberst on 01-11-1932. In approval of his request to leave, he was discharged from military service on 31-0-3-1934.

Oskar remains in the new Reichswehr , retired and entered again the Army Service, as a Supplemental Officer, on 31-03-1934. Hagen is the commander of the 376^th Infantry Regiment at the beginning of World War II, on 01-09-1939 and is killed as an Oberst on the Western Front near Ossendrecht in the Netherlands, (see About) on 17-05-1940. He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor. His dog tag said: EKM nummer: – 52 – Stab Infanterie-Regiment 376.

He died at the age of 57 and was first buried in Goes, but he was reburied on the large German war cemetery of Ysselsteyn in Holland, 32.000 graves. His close neighbour is the first killed/scalped German General during Operation Market Garden, near Oosterbeek. General der Infanterie, Friedrich Kussin.

   General during Operation Market Garden.

Also buried there the personalities, Generalleutnant der Infanterie, Kommandeur der 526^th Reserve-Division, Kurt Schmidt,

Oberleutnant with 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1  Paul Gildner, Major, Kommandeur III./N.J.G. 1, Egmond Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld, Major, Kommandeur I./N.J.G. 100, Heinrich Prinz zur Sayn Wittgenstein, Oberleutnant with I./ZG 76, 24 victories, Helmut Woltersdorf  

and Oberleutnant in the 26^th Jagdgeschwader , Air Fighter Squadron, Karl Willius.